Spotlight ~ Malachi Grantham

Documentarian Weblog ~ Stardate 14139.8

I followed a line of in a weird direction today that took me back from my husband's Uncle Rex Curtis. Before I knew it I was back to a Malachi Grantham born in 1817. When I looked at his relationship to me, it said 

Malachi Grantham (1817 - )
great-grandfather of wife of 1st cousin of husband of sister-in-law of aunt of husband of aunt of husband

I was trying to figure out exactly what this meant, so I printed out the connections. I added the information in red when I finally figured it out.

      Relationship between Malachi Grantham & Theresa SG-Mitchell

Malachi Grantham (1817 - ) great-grandfather of ➤

George Robbin Grantham (1844 - 1921)
son of Malachi Grantham

Harriet "Hattie" Alma Grantham (1876 - 1917)
daughter of George Robbin Grantham

➤Elizabeth A Pierce (1905 - 1984) wife of ➤
daughter of Harriet "Hattie" Alma Grantham

➤Earl Fred Tomlinson (1908 - 1985) 1st Cousin of ➤
husband of Elizabeth A Pierce

Boston Tomlinson (1857 - 1943)
father of Earl Fred Tomlinson

Andrew H Tomlinson (1813 - )
father of Boston Tomlinson

Izora Tomlinson (1870 - )
daughter of Andrew H Tomlinson

➤William Marcus Hartman Tomlinson (1894 - 1985) husband of ➤
son of Izora Tomlinson

➤Darlene E Salmans (1899 - 1989) sister-in-law of ➤
wife of William Marcus Hartman Tomlinson

Oscar Randolph Salmans (1867 - 1951)
father of Darlene E Salmans

Maynard Stover Salmans (1898 - 1969)
son of Oscar Randolph Salmans

➤Edna Margaret Curtis (1893 - 1951) aunt of ➤
wife of Maynard Stover Salmans

Garrett Bran Curtis (1864 - 1948)
father of Edna Margaret Curtis

Jett Plummer Curtis (1896 - 1939)
son of Garrett Bran Curtis

➤Donald "Rex" Curtis (1926 - 2012) husband of ➤
son of Jett Plummer Curtis

➤Marjorie Mae Lebsack (1928 - 2012) aunt of ➤
wife of Donald "Rex" Curtis

Bertha Mae Stroh (1896 - 1995)
mother of Marjorie Mae Lebsack

Evaleen Lebsack (1920 - 1993)
daughter of Bertha Mae Stroh

➤James Bryan Mitchell (1957 - ) husband ➤
son of Evaleen Lebsack

➤Theresa Aurore SG-Mitchell
You are the wife of James Bryan Mitchell

 
Still, this was quite confusing to me. So this is what I did. 

Working backwards, from bottom to top...

1. husband - James B. Mitchell
2. aunt of husband - Marjorie Lebsack Curtis
3. husband of aunt of husband - Donald Rex Curtis

4. aunt of husband of aunt of husband - Edna Margaret Curtis

5. sister-in-law of aunt of husband of aunt of husband - Darlene E Salmans

6. husband of sister-in-law of aunt of husband of aunt of husband - 

William Marcus Hartman Tomlinson 

7. 1st cousin of husband of sister-in-law of aunt of husband of aunt of husband -

Earl Fred Tomlinson

8. wife of 1st cousin of husband of sister-in-law of aunt of husband of aunt of husband -

Elizabeth A Pierce

9. great-grandfather of wife of 1st cousin of husband of sister-in-law of aunt of husband of aunt of husband - Malachi Grantham 

Now and interesting tidbit to this story. The two first cousins that I have highlighted actually lived together as brothers. William was taken in by his uncle Boston Tomlinson when Willie's mother died and given their name. William's "cousin" Earl Tomlinson was born when William was about 15.

Ah, the wonders of ancestry -- and the wonders of Ancestry. It is amazing what computers and the internet have done for genealogy.